Can You Guess These States by Their Shapes?

Last updated · 6 min play time

Resident quiz expert Beth Sederstrom wrote this fun state shape quiz. Give it a shot to see whether you’ll be among those stumped by the dips, dives, jagged edges, and straight lines of the United States.

Beth Sederstrom is a writer and editor from Indiana. You might recognize her from her 1990 appearance Nickelodeon's Outta Here. But probably not.

States by Shape Quiz Questions

30 Questions · 100.3K Plays · 22 Comments

Question 1

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Florida
  • B
    Hawaii
  • C
    Oklahoma
  • D
    Maryland

Question 2

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Louisiana
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    Hawaii
  • D
    Maine

Question 3

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Maryland
  • B
    Oklahoma
  • C
    Alaska
  • D
    Washington

Question 4

Which state is this, dude?

  • A
    Hawaii
  • B
    New Mexico
  • C
    North Carolina
  • D
    California

Question 5

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Washington
  • B
    Utah
  • C
    New Mexico
  • D
    Arizona

Question 6

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Louisana
  • B
    Nebraska
  • C
    Iowa
  • D
    Delaware

Question 7

Which state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Minnesota
  • B
    Pennsylvania
  • C
    Michigan
  • D
    Wisconsin

Question 8

What state is shaped like this?

  • A
    New York
  • B
    Virginia
  • C
    North Carolina
  • D
    Pennsylvania

Question 9

Which state in the Pacific Northwest is shaped like this?

  • A
    Oregon
  • B
    Wyoming
  • C
    Utah
  • D
    Colorado

Question 10

Which state has this interesting shape?

  • A
    New Mexico
  • B
    Utah
  • C
    Idaho
  • D
    Mississippi

Question 11

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Arizona
  • B
    South Carolina
  • C
    Iowa
  • D
    Maine

Question 12

Which state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    West Virgina
  • B
    Iowa
  • C
    Vermont
  • D
    New Jersey

Question 13

Which state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Iowa
  • B
    Illinois
  • C
    Missouri
  • D
    Indiana

Question 14

Which Midwestern state looks like this?

  • A
    Indiana
  • B
    Wisconsin
  • C
    Iowa
  • D
    Missouri

Question 15

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Ohio
  • B
    Iowa
  • C
    Missouri
  • D
    Texas

Question 16

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Kansas
  • B
    North Carolina
  • C
    South Carolina
  • D
    Texas

Question 17

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    South Carolina
  • B
    Nebraska
  • C
    Maryland
  • D
    New York

Question 18

Which state has this unique shape?

  • A
    West Virginia
  • B
    Arkansas
  • C
    Kentucky
  • D
    Virginia

Question 19

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Pennsylvania
  • B
    Maryland
  • C
    Massachusetts
  • D
    Virginia

Question 20

Which rugged state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Wyoming
  • B
    Nebraska
  • C
    South Dakota
  • D
    Montana

Question 21

What state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Minnesota
  • B
    Wisconsin
  • C
    Louisiana
  • D
    Kansas

Question 22

Which state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Delaware
  • B
    Connecticut
  • C
    Missouri
  • D
    Tennessee

Question 23

What state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Wyoming
  • B
    Nevada
  • C
    Nebraska
  • D
    Pennsylvania

Question 24

Which southern state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Mississippi
  • B
    Alabama
  • C
    Georgia
  • D
    Louisiana

Question 25

Which state has this shape?

  • A
    Ohio
  • B
    Tennessee
  • C
    Virginia
  • D
    Kentucky

Question 26

Which state has this simple shape?

  • A
    Alabama
  • B
    Nebraska
  • C
    Wyoming
  • D
    Colorado

Question 27

What state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Missouri
  • B
    Arizona
  • C
    Alabama
  • D
    Arkansas

Question 28

Which large state looks like this?

  • A
    Kansas
  • B
    South Dakota
  • C
    Wyoming
  • D
    Nebraska

Question 29

Which New England state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Vermont
  • B
    Delaware
  • C
    Maine
  • D
    New Hampshire

Question 30

Which state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Kansas
  • B
    Wyoming
  • C
    North Dakota
  • D
    New Mexico

Comments (22)

We want to hear your feedback! Share your scores and discuss the quiz, but keep it civil.

Ads freeking suck

· · · ·

Coul NOT see entire shapes of states, covered partially by ads, 🙄

· · · ·

Doesn't really work on a smart phone shows only a portion of the state.

· · · ·

These are the most random pictures for states, at least have a little consistency.

· · · ·
hnh

Could not see all of the shapes of the states, so how are we supposed to answer the questions correctly? ?

· · · ·

Some shapes are way off.

· · · ·

Pictures don/t show the entire state. Many cropped and not the correct shape. Quit after 25.

· · · ·

Uh I got 30/30 and all pictures came up for me.

· · · ·

Question 23 also has no shape shown? This is the worst quiz that I have seen yet.

· · · ·

Question #22 has no shape either. How are we supposed to figure out the answer?

· · · ·

Some of the shapes of the states are not the correct shape. Question 19 doesn't show any shape at all!

· · · ·

stuck at question 19

· · · ·

@Cookie323 Mid-Western... So is Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois...and a couple other states... And it's spelled "Indiana".

· · · ·

@Tailow Ohio is also considered the Mid-West... so is Kentucky and Illinois...

· · · ·

Half of the pictures weren't there... You can't answer correctly if the picture is not there... So, how did you get them all correct when some of the questions were had nothing to answer??? You must be a good guesser......

· · · ·

How tf is Indiana Mid-West

· · · ·

Yes, hard to do when picture doesn't come up. Also, some of them WERE incorrect to begin with, then "jiggled" and changed to something else. Many were cropped, as well. Worse I've ever tried.

· · · ·

Hard to complete this test if you can't see the shape. Had to use up my lifelines when the page came up blank, and was guessing after that...

· · · ·

no pic on #19

· · · ·

Really bad quiz, bad pictures. Apparently Indianna is western.

· · · ·